Welcome To The Wrestling BBQ, AEW! | The Still Real to Us Show | Episode #751 – 7/4/24

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It's still welcome. Everybody. Welcome
to this week's edition as Still Real does

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show episode number seven and fifty one
for July fourth, twenty twenty four.

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This is your aw and New Japan
Forbid Indoor Recap and Review and Wily Money

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to Bank and nx WA Preview and
Predictions edition of s RT You I am

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one after the show, I am
Joe pack joined every single week my host,

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going only, Doctor Trey Franklin,
Doctor Trey. Happy fourth of July,

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my friend, Happy fourth of July, my friend. I hope,

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uh, you know, being a
new dad, I hope all your fingers

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stay intact. I hope that for
everybody. That's my wish for everybody this

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Happy fourth is celebrate freedom Jesus.
I guess if that's your thing, and

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just make sure all your fingers stay
in tagged. I literally came across the

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store yesterday that said we were closing
early on the fourth to allow our employees

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to time with their families and to
worship. And I didn't know what people

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worship on the fourth of July,
so I'm a little confused by that sign

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I saw in a store America.
Huh, that's what we worship. My

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initials are JP, not JPP.
So so far so good, fingers are

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intact, hopefully you know that's still
you know, not too soon that joke.

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That's a deep cut joke. You
really have to be a fan of

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the NFL to get the JPP reference
there. Well, see if anybody got

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it. I know there's a lot
of wrestling fans, a lot of folks

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overseas that enjoy European football. I
highly doubt there's a percentage of this podcast

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that was like, what the hell
is he talking about? Yeah? What

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what does he mean there? So
nonetheless, happy fourth of July for those

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here in America. We are recording
this the morning of July fourth, before

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we kick off all of our fest
festivities. Go out to barbecues. No

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firework show for me, because I
got a little one now. I don't

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want to lose his hearing. I
would rather that hip hop music does that.

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Once he starts listening to, you
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that he'll get I don't know,
like two three years old, because that's

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what kids are doing nowadays. So
lots of wrestling to DISCUSSI actually something I

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did not share with Doctor Trey pre
show. I know, I promoted on

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last week's podcast that we were going
to look at our first half of the

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year awards. This is such a
fully loaded show that I want to give

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it ample time. So we're actually
going to do that in two weeks,

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which will take us to July eighteenth. Right now, there's just so many

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pay per views and p l's going
on with Forbidden Door and running the Bank

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heat Wave that we're going to focus
on that this week and of course next

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week, and then in two weeks
time again we'll look at the first half

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of the year for twenty twenty four, which is mind boggling to think,

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and our typical awards that we hand
out the leading candidates right now, So

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a little programming note on this week's
edition of the podcast, So let's get

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right into it. Doctor Trey aw
Knew Japan for bid into our twenty twenty

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four recap and review. This came
to us this past Sunday from the UBS

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Arena in Long Island, New York. The first match on the pre show

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was Kyle Fret Fletcher defeating Sirpentco.
I'm not sure what to say about this

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one. It was a three minute
match. I really liked the upside of

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Kyle Fletcher and liked he got a
spotlight during all of the will Osprey stuff

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over the weekend and on Dynamite this
past Wednesday, we were talking off air

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about Kyle Fletcher oddly enough, and
he got the victory over Sir Pettico in

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three minutes. Yeah, and you
had to kind of be a really hardcore

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aw fan to realize he was no
longer the Ring of Honor Telvision Champion as

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well, like that, Oh,
I had no idea until they said it.

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Yeah, and I was like,
oh, that's right, that he

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lost it, like on a non
televised event. I believe he lost it

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at CMLL, then I believe two
nights before Yeah, and that totally threw

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me off and I'm like, wait, didn't he have a belt or something?

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And then as I had to read
it, I'm like, oh,

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he lost it and they didn't really
even talk about it. So maybe that's

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why he's kind of getting the rub
now because he doesn't have it hanging over.

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But yeah, for a three minute
match. Like, I'm a big

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fan of Kyle Fletcher. I think
he's got a lot of potential. Sir

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Pensico is just that, you know, I feel bad for the guy.

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I don't think he's want to match
in like two years, and his tag

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team partner became a butler for crying
out loud, So not a whole lot

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for him to do right now,
So not a great match. It's just

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kind of way to showcase Kyle Fletcher
considering the four day period they had planned

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for him, so a good way
for him to start for the show.

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At least. Next match year is
King's of the Black Throne defeating Tomo heir

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Is She and Kyle O'Riley, Roger
Strong and Gabe Kid and Private Party in

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a four way tag team match.
We did not predict this one. We

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also did not predict Kyle Fletcher and
Serpentaco. My notes from this one is,

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dear professional wrestling companies, please do
something with your tag team divisions.

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Also, I feel like we are
on the ver of Gabe Kid being a

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breakout star, a big star in
professional wrestling. Everything about him screams top

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level talent to me. He is
an exciting young talent that I really have

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enjoyed watching on AW television last couple
of weeks. I've read about him,

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seen his stuff from New Japan.
I'm a fan of his Doctor Trey.

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Your thoughts on the four way tag
team match, Yeah, just like when

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you look at it, you're going, man, these these guys, you

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know, all these tag teams can
kind of go, and they're on the

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pre show in a four way,
which means they basically had nothing for anybody

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to do, so let's throw them
all on a match. You know,

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House of Black. Those guys are
always fantastic. I like Gabe Kid because

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at first, when I heard his
name, I thought Axiom had affected somehow

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and added three letters to a kid
to make him gave kid. But no,

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this guy's a little a little bit
bigger and has a little more potential

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than a kids. So yeah,
it's just kind of a fun little throwaway

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match for AW, which just makes
me also go, crap, this is

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gonna be a five hour pay per
view, isn't it. So the next

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match here, well, Willow Nightingale
and Tom Nakano defeat Chris stat Lander,

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Momo Wanton Abby. We both had
Willow and Nakano and this one Willow and

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stant Lander's feud has been a really
bright spot, really big bride spot in

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the AW women's division and a great
blueprint for how a feud and build to

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a match should go. They had
their match on Wednesday's Dynamite. Two things

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from that one. If you have
not gone out of your go out of

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your way. If you've not seen
yet, Willow Nightingale's promo heading into that

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match was to me amazing. I
loved it. It was Dusty Rhodes type

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vibes for me, a working man, son of a plumber type vibes to

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it. I love that promo,
Go out of your way and again see

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it. The match itself with Chris
stat Lander and the Women's Owen Heart Cup

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tournament was a little bit lacklustered,
a little bit short on time, but

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I've really enjoyed this feud doctor Tray
between Willow and christat Landler. Yeah,

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I've enjoyed the feud as well.
I actually kind of liked this match too,

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because it's like, these two women
have a few going on, and

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there's two other random Japanese superstars thrown
into the matches. You're kind of like,

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I almost felt bad for the two
other women because they really had no

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bill or storyline in this match,
But the tag matches that wasn't bad.

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The dynam of the promo and dynam
I was really well done. The matches

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of Your Right Well, I thought
was lackluster. But and I really hate

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Willow's not a small girl. And
I really hate when they have bigger babyfaces

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win with a roll up because it
doesn't really settle anything. So obviously to

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me, that means the few is
gonna continue. This is a way for

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Willow to move on in the tournament. But yeah, for a match you've

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been kind of building into, building
up too to have the baby face win

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with a roll up and she's as
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opponent. I really hate those things. But for this pay re view,

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a really fun women's tag match that
basically was just like, we're gonna put

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we need two Japanese people in this
matches because it's aw New Japan for Bendorra.

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We'll go with Tom and Watanabe and
we'll put them there with christ and

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Willow and just let them go at
it. So there you're next match here

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is Mariah May defeating Soriah in a
Women's Own Hard Cup tournament first round match.

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I had Mariah May dout tradet soria
I think Maria May is my favorite

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to win the Women's Own Heart Cup
tournament, as an all in match with

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timeless Stony Storm would be compelling.
There is also obviously a strong case that

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Willow Nightingale, following her win with
Chris stat Lander, would be a very

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compelling match against timeless Toney Storm at
all in. Soria's run in AW has

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been pretty anti climatic for an all
time great. And yeah, she takes

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a loss here in a match in
less than ten minutes. I appreciate to

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Miriam a doctor Trey. Yeah,
and that's kind of why, like I

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had picked a right because I was
like, you know, this is one

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of the legends of women's wrestling in
a way, I mean, not Mount

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Rushmore legend, but you know,
people know Paige slash Soria. It just

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is. It's unfortunately, like you
look at you go may she the outcast.

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Had a good little run. She's
a former AW Women's Champions, she

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just didn't have a long run with
it. But for the last year she's

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just been kind of stuck in the
middle, which kind of what happens to

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a lot of these WWE people.
When they come over, they get a

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nice little push and then they're just
in the middle for the rest of their

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time there, So unfortunate Sarriah for
Sobria, but good for Mariah May because

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now she has that on a resume
that she beats Sria, which is a

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resume builder, which gives her credibility
heading in if that's the route they go

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with heading into all In, if
they do Perotoni Storm, she has that

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on the resume. Next match,
here's a Lucha Bros. And Mystico defeating

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Los Ignorables de Hippon. We had
both had Luca Brothers in Mystico. I

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would have liked to have seen lij
get the victory in this one, but

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it would have been a weird look. After Jericho attacked Mystico during a CMLL

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show on the Friday before four been
in Door to help promote an assumed future

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match. I would have liked to
see some carry over there on Wednesday's Dynamite

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as well, but obviously Jericho's involved
and had a really good angle with Joe

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Hook and Shabbata on Wednesdays Dynamite Dot. Share your thoughts on this one as

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a Lucha Brothers and Mystico got the
victory. Yeah, I mean this is

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kind of our rule for this show
was went in doubt picked the non New

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Japan people to win the match.
I like you thought, Eli JH,

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you're gonna win here, because it
would have made sense because if you have

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Mystico selling an injury, then it's
almost a three on two handicap match in

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a sense if one guy's not one
hundred percent. But they didn't go that

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route, So fun Lucas style six
man tag. I thought it was pretty

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entertaining for matches that I typically don't
like, so I enjoyed it. I

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thought it was a good solid six
man tag for what's placeholder spot on the

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card. And then finally the main
card here as MJF opened up to the

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show by defeating Hetch and Sara.
We both had MJF. These are notes

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that I wrote pre Dynamite here,
so this is pretty interesting. This is

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why I want to read them,
and then we'll talk a little bit about

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what happened at Dynamite as well once
we put this match to rest. So

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Hetch and Sarah to me, has
been the most impressive CML wrestler I've seen

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on aw television, and it shows
that they put him in this match.

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I really want to see MJF ramp
up heading into aw all in and that

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is what I expect will happen.
MJF is just kind of waiting in water

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right now. Again, these were
notes that I wrote pre Dynamite. We'll

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get to that in just a second. But Doctor Trey MGFF defeating Hetchet Sarow,

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Yeah, I'm with you. Like
Hetchees Sarah is about the only person

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who actually from CMLL that I read
that I can actually go, oh,

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that's Hetches Sarah, Like I actually
know who that is. The rest of

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the roster for the most part,
I'm like, ummm, his name is

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a DC villain or a Marvel villain. I can't remember. That's how I

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remember most of these guys. But
I was like, going to MJF.

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It feels like he came back.
They had the blow off Adam Cole out

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of nowhere for no reason, and
then he's been treading with water ever since.

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Uh. That was my note pre
dynamite as well. But overall I

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thought it was a solid match because
it's still it shows MJF, you know,

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still being a top guy, but
also still allowed Hetching Saro some offense

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and a little bit of shine to
keep him looking strong. If they decide

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to steal him from CTMLL or use
him in a different way. So solid

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opener, but maybe not the match
I would have had opened the show.

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So I kind of like matches have
a little bit more importance than this one.

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This one still felt kind of like
a throwaway match in a sense.

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So let's talk about what happened at
Dynamite. You have the Danny Garcia will

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Osprey match for the AW International Championship. MJFF in the corner of Danny Garcia

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will Osprey gets the victory after Garcia
refused to use the Dynamite diamond ring was

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distracted him blade one two three.
MJFF gets in the ring, kicks him

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in the nuts, beats the crap
out of them, and I guess in

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a way turns heel. It was
I think almost like fifteen minutes overrun on

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Dynamite this past Wednesday. And I'll
get this out of the way now as

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well. It was a very strong
episode of AW Dynamite, a really enjoyable

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episode. Good little stretch here for
AW creatively and end ring wise that I'm

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in joining and welcome to the party
AW here on the short term, long

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time coming. We've been waiting very
patiently. So I was very excited to

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see that MJF went back to MGF
mode. I think it's very safe to

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say that MGF is most successful when
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twenty three, the Babyface MJF just
really wasn't clicking getting over getting the same

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kind of feel and the vibe was
from us on the podcast that it could

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be a stone cold Steve Austin like
type run for him. He never really

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captured in that because he kind of
leaned into too much of what they were

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saying on the Internet's a little bit
emo in a way there on the Babyface

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run and a little bit too corny, which was something I never thought I

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would say about MGF. So him
really getting a good, strong emotion and

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beat down of Danny Garcia to close
Dynamite a turn if you will, was

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really good getting into it with a
crowd. It was a really really strong

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ending, And something that I was
really excited about is eventually will Ospray came

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out to get the save. I
guess if there's a one drawback there,

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it's like, where the hell was
will Ospray that entire time? Like was

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he just like I don't know icing
his feet, Like what was he doing

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that that he didn't get out there
right away? So really really strong,

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fun in compelling, interesting segment to
close down to my doctor Trainer. Was

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refreshing to see MGF go back to
his roots. Yeah, my thing was

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the offspray line. I thought was
really good. I just figured will Osprey

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got lost in the back. I
had some of those back areas when they

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started curtaining things off and partitioning things
off can get kind of confusing, and

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he's not. You know, it's
probably his first time in that building,

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so maybe he got lost. He
got back to the curtain, took a

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left, we should take it a
right, got lost and they had to

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make a big loop to get back
out to make the same I'm excited for

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MJF as a heel. It just
leads me questions because he just came back

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a couple like what six weeks ago, six weeks eight weeks ago, had

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the big blowoff with you know,
Adam Cole, and then now they're kind

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of on the same ledger, so
to speak. They're both heels now again.

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So MJF good when he has people
around him. Does that mean he

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starts getting people around him as well. And then I also was like,

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is Danny Garcia a big enough character
for him to turn heel on to really

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get people to care. So I'm
a little worried to you because I think

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he'll still get baby face pops at
times as this now full fledged heel again,

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So curious to see where it goes
by mc scit because you're absolutely right,

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MGF is better as a heel than
he is a babyface, and this

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is the best route because if you
look at potential challenge or potential matchups after

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Garcia, well will Ospray's now a
full fledged baby face and you have swerved

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Strickland and either of those matchups down
the road are money making matchups. For

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MJF is just a question of is
this a big enough babyface for him to

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turn on to really get the crowd
to hate him. Yeah, no,

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it was. It'll be interesting to
follow up Saturday's collision. He's got to

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open up the show. We'll see
how that goes. But I feel like

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short term was really really strong and
I'm happy to see MGF back in that

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role. Next match here is the
Elite defeating Scissa Ace the Acclaim in Hiroshi

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ton of Hashey and a trios match. We both have the Elite. The

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hype video heading into this match with
him blurting out Kenny and make his face

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was hilarious and some of the funny
stuff that this version of the New Elite

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has done. Okada is super over
and despite what some people say online,

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I actually really like this version of
him where he's showing his personality off a

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little more. Max Caster's rap before
the match may have been his best one

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I've ever seen in aw And I
wonder if the planets for both the Acclaim

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versus the Young Bucks and Ocada versus
a ton of Hashi for each of their

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titles at Wembley at all in next
month, so the Elite at the victory

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Doctor treover Scissa as Yeah, I
like for some reason, I weird thing

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where it's like I watched this version
of Akada is like he's like the million

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dollar Japanese man. Like it's just
it's so it's it's good. It's something

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that you really never saw him do
in New Japan, so it's it's kind

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of a new take on it,
which it makes a ton of sense.

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His English is not great, so
he has the Bucks around him and potentially

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other people as well. Jack Perry's
there as well, so it's good for

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him, it's good for the Bucks. Gives them a little bit of They

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don't have the muscle Guy and their
faction, but if you have one of

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the best wrestlers in the world on
your side, it makes a lot of

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sense as well. And I really
enjoyed Scissorre's what it was. Tanahashi looks

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so out of place, but he
was having fun with it. So a

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fun trios match and like or and
like you said, like it sets up

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for all In if you get Okata
and tana Hashi at aw all In,

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Like how out of water and weird
and awesome? Is that all rolled up

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into one? Yeah, no,
I'm I'm here for it, and I

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think that would be a lot of
fun. Again, one of my favorite

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moments attending into this feud this match
was the Wednesday Dynamite promo where like Tadahashi

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said something that he was the Cissarees
and Okada was laughing in the ring like

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bro character. Yeah, it was
just a lot. There was a lot

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of fun stuff surrounding this entire match, and then the match itself was pretty

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good. Next match year is Brian
Danielson defeating Shingo Takagi in the Men's Own

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Heart Cup tournament first round match.
We both had Danielson getting the victory.

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Uh, this is the type of
match that you would expect from Danielson and

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Shingo, which is really really good. I enjoyed the last part of this

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match, and I thought Danielson helped
get Shingo over with any audiences that may

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not be accustomed with a new with
a great new japan pro wrestler in Shingo

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Takagi. Danielson gets the victory and
advances Dotch Trey and he also defeated Pac

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on Wednesday's Dynamite, so now he
is in the finals of the Men's Own

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Heart Cup Tournament finals anyway, so
I really enjoyed this matchup. It's one

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of the things I watches the matchinem
going. I Danielson is getting Shingo over

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because as a sign of respect.
But does it really matter if you don't

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use shingo again? Does it matter
getting somebody over if they're not going to

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be around very much? Does it
really help? But it made for a

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compelling match. It's just that's on
those matches where you look at when Brian

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has to put this match together to
show appreciation for somebody he admires, which

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is a really strong, good professional
wrestling matchup. I actually enjoyed the match

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he had with Pak on Dynamite a
little bit more just because I have more

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investment in Pak than I do Shingo. But once again Brian has in the

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finals. Is good for everybody because
he's still one of the best wrestlers in

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the world and enjoy to see any
time he gets in the ring and he's

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one hundred percent healthy or at least
appears to be one hundred percent healthy.

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Next match is time with Tony Storm
defeating Mina Shurikawa to retain the AW Women's

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World Championship by Tony Doctor Trey and
Mina. Mina Sharrikawa is a really fun

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in ring watch to seem ployees to
be a big star someday soon. I

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would love to see Tony and Mina
run it back in someday. Doug tray

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your thoughts on this one as Timeless
retains. Yeah, this was me trying

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to go out of the box and
catch up to Jeff by seeing the Mariah

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May match end. This match but
yeah, you know, I saw Eric

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Bischoff crap all of this match,
and I thought it was actually pretty.

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I thought it was decent. Tony's
character work is still kind of ahead of

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her in ring work because there's a
couple of spots in there where you're kind

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of like time he's let it off. But when you have somebody from the

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UK wrestling somebody from Japan and they've
never wrestled before, that kind of happens.

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But I like the character work of
both ladies and thought this was a

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good compelling matchup, and then the
weird love triangles good good storyline as well.

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So I actually really enjoyed this.
I don't know what I mean.

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Eric was too cop in a steak. I guess I really enjoyed it,

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and I was eating while I watched
it, So I think I would multitask

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a little bitter than Eric Bishoff of
this case. Sometimes Bischoff is just a

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little too rough on aw and goes
beyond where it's like, okay, yeah,

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no, I can understand that point, and I did not understand point

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in this match. Next met Year
is Zach Saber Junior defeating Orange Cassie dout

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Tray, and I both hat Orange
Cassie to get win. ZSJ is so

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much fun to watch. The finishing
submission move was a thing of beauty and

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something I have never seen before,
which is typical with ZSJ. Orange Casside

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held his own as a technical wrestling
master in this one as well. ZFJ

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gets the victory over Orange Cassidy.
Yeah, this is one of those ones

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where we went, Okay, New
Japan guy wins, which is good for

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New Japan, but what does that
do for Orange Cassidy, Like it's confusing

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sometimes of booking on some of these
matchups, Like this is like a semi

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dream match for the new generation of
wrestling fans, and I thought it was

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a really enjoyable match. It wasn't
the typical Orange Cassiding match. He had

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to go hole for hole with CSJ, which is really hard to do because

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he may be the smoothest wrestler I
have ever seen. The way he cans

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string stuff together and change stuff together
is just incredible. But just a really

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really solid matchup. Once again.
CSJ, though, gets a win over

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a top aw guy and we may
not see ZESJ game for six months a

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year, so what's the point in
the booking of this match. If that's

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the case, so just a little
confused by it. But maybe New Japan

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said, hey, guys, we
got to get a couple of our guys

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over on this car, so just
pick a couple of guys you like it.

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Those guys have to get wins.
So I'm just a little confused by

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the booking of it. But as
a match itself, just looking at it

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and watching it really really enjoyable.
My theory on it is if a New

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Japan guy Goats gets over, that
means Tony Kahan wants to eventually sign them.

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Yes, so that makes a lot
of sense. Yeah, I mean

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I would want to sign zesj as
well, So not a surprise there.

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Next match, you or Samo,
Joe Hook and Kassi or Schabada defeating Christ

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Jericho, Big Bill and Jeff Cobb
in a trios match, I had Joe

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Hook and Shabata, Dot Trea,
Jericho, Bill and Cobb. It's a

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pretty big deal for Hook to get
the pin on Jericho by using his own

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finishing move. The trios of Joe, Hook and Shabbada is a lot of

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fun and I hope we see them
get to get into the trio's title picture.

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Soon enough. There was a big
angle on Wednesday's Dynamite where Jericho,

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Big Bill and Brian Keith took out
all three members of Joe, Hook and

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Shabbata. Hook got a massive beat
down, Taz was removed from the building,

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which was a funny little segment.
It was nice to see Jericho,

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Bill and Brian Keith get a little
bit more violent with their characters because they

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were kind of borderline like a little
bit too weak the way they were being

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built there. So good angle,
fun match at fourbidden Door dotch tray your

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thoughts, and we saw the Wizard
come back. We saw the fireball,

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so that was pretty cool too.
I love that the first time Jackier Folebaugh

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was just yelling at I'm a wizard. I'm a Wizard. I thought was

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great. So it's good to see
the Wizard come back a little bit.

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But yeah, the when I watched
the match live and saw Hook and Joe

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and Shabbati at the wind, I
was look confused because I'm like, man,

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the learning tree has been built up
kind of like this goofy, like

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not so serious heel group, Like
what's the point of it? But then

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the collision part made sense to give
them that edgeback. So but fun trios

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match, Like you said, if
you get hooked Joe and Shabbata and the

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trio stuff like that'll be fun too. So good. Once again, it's

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just damn good, solid trios matchup. And you know, trios matchups for

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me, prior to the last maybe
year of aw have not always been entertaining.

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So the ones are seal on the
show so far, We're really good.

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Next match here is Jack Perry defeating
Kenoski Takeshka, Mark Brisco, Dante

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mar and Leo Rush and l Phantasmo
and a ladder match would be crowning the

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new AWT and T champion. We
both let Jack Perry get in the victory.

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I thought this match was a letdown
given the circumstances with the T and

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T Championship and the gimmick match of
the multi man ladder match. The finish

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came off as a lackluster as Jack
Perry won the match. I get the

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real heel heat with Jack Perry and
giving him the spot. I just have

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a real tough time taking him seriously
given his height and size and all lasty

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in that cmpunk video still did not
do him any favors because he got punked

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out. I think there's a lot
of upside here, but he needs to

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put on some muscle similar how Swerve
Strickland did. And I also felt like

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this match was kind of cut short
on time. It just felt very rushed.

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Did not enjoy it all that much. And the Jack Perry victory was

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very easy to call. And I
don't know, maybe I would have done

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it in a different way than a
ladder match, So don't trait your thoughts

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on this one. Yeah, Like
for me, like watching it and being

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ninety five percent sure Jack Perry was
going to win. I kind of wanted

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not so much a swerve, but
I wanted to make it seem kind of

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more compelling and the athletes in this
match, I thought you'd get a lot

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more you know, crazy spots,
some stuff that we haven't seen before,

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some innovation, and we really didn't
get that. To Keshka being kind of

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added in last minute, I was
like, Oh, that's great because we

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haven't really seen him on TV since
you know, he threw his temper tantrum

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online and that was kind of a
letdown. It was for a six person

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ladder match. This may be the
weakest main or big show. Oh,

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six person ladder match I've ever seen. That's just that much of a letdown

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for what it could be. So
I'm still Jack Perry's either got to get

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bigger or he needs a muscle.
He needs to have a Lucasource type guy

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with him if he wants to go
to Sean Michael's route of being just undersized

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top eel. He needs something around
him to make him feel like a threat.

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Right now, you just kind of
feel like he's just annoying. He's

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he's like an annoying gnat that he
just wait for somebody's swat away. Yeah,

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and it's not an annoying like he'll
heat way. And I really have

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00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.960
to say that about the guy,
because I do think he's extremely talented.

401
00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:38.119
It's just like that, more opportunities
they give him, it's just it's not

402
00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:42.240
believable, and he's he's got to
do something. I mean, Swirre Strickland

403
00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:45.720
was a little bit undersized and and
he bulked up kind of got more of

404
00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:51.000
a vicious attitude. I know what
they were doing with the punk video to

405
00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.799
get some eyes on the product and
get a little bit of a bump in

406
00:26:53.839 --> 00:26:57.359
an increase and welcome him back into
storylines. But I just can't get that

407
00:26:57.480 --> 00:27:00.640
on my head. I mean,
he looked like a bitch in that video,

408
00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:03.720
and how am I supposed to take
him seriously as it's like badass,

409
00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.400
heel called a scapegoat, Like,
it just doesn't make sense at all.

410
00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:11.039
So he grew up here, Jeff, he grew up tells you that he

411
00:27:11.119 --> 00:27:15.160
hit puberty. So yeah, yeah, I mean again, I always say

412
00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:18.640
this, like, but he probably
could kick my ass. But the thing

413
00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:22.400
is I say probably, you know
what I mean, it's legitimate. It's

414
00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:27.880
it's legitimate there correctly. Like if
Jeff is having an allergy breakout and it

415
00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:33.319
happens to be a Tuesday and he's
a little hungry, maybe Jack Perry could

416
00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:36.839
take Jeff Peck. It would be
the battle of the JP's though, yeah,

417
00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.759
it would be JP versus JP.
That could be something that's like Icon

418
00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:44.799
versus Icon wrestling. In eighteen.
Next match heear is Mercedes Moone defeating Stephanie

419
00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:48.440
Vakor in a winner take all match, retain the AWTVS Championship and win the

420
00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:52.200
New Japan Strong Women's Championship. We
both had Mercedes Bonet again. This was

421
00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:56.200
written before Wednesday's Dynamite leave it to
a New York crowd to start getting the

422
00:27:56.200 --> 00:28:00.559
Mercedes bone He'll turn, which the
direction should be for her character going the

423
00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.440
short term on Mercedes running AW hasn't
been as I had hoped it would go,

424
00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:07.680
and I think getting involved with returning
doctor Burt Baker, DMD would be

425
00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.960
really good for her in the early
stages of her AW career. We'll talk

426
00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:12.599
a little bit more about what happened
on Dynamite in just a second, Doctor

427
00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:18.000
traight your thoughts on the match typical
Mercedes mon a match for me, and

428
00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:22.119
this is the history of the Still
Real Twist show where I'm just like,

429
00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:26.480
yeah, like I don't I still
don't get the massive love for her.

430
00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:32.039
I always said if she was wrestling
somebody on her level or he thought was

431
00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:34.039
on her level, or one of
her friends, she had great matches.

432
00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:38.720
Anybody else they were crap. And
this one I just I'm watching going.

433
00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:42.880
All we heard was how much you
know did her opponent, how good she

434
00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.079
was, and how great she was. And I watched this match, going

435
00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:52.319
this match kind of yeah at best, like agreed eh ladder match, I'm

436
00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:55.400
like, Okay, now I'm really
kind of mad that I'm three hours into

437
00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.079
this show, three and a half
hours in the show, and this is

438
00:28:56.119 --> 00:29:02.319
where I'm at right now. But
always saving grace about this whole match and

439
00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:06.599
segment was the reappearance of Doctor Britt
Baker. So like, once again,

440
00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:11.640
I'm just like people who tell me
Mercedes Monet is a top five women's wrestler

441
00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:15.160
of all time, I still think
are just delusional. Yeah. I figured

442
00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:18.839
when I watched this match and I
did not enjoy it as well, and

443
00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:22.359
I was like, when we sit
down for the podcast, doctor Trey's gonna

444
00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:25.680
be like I told you so,
because I was very high on Mercedes Monet

445
00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:30.039
signing for AAW and just in the
short term, it just has not been

446
00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:33.279
great. The match has been okay, the character has been fine. I

447
00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:37.880
felt like they should have gone heel
immediately just because the way that she was

448
00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:41.799
carrying herself on television, and that
should have been the direction. The creative

449
00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:45.799
has been all right, and she's
kind of part time. I mean,

450
00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:49.000
she's not there as frequently as I
had hoped. I think Will Osprey has

451
00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:52.480
been on television more than Mercedes Monet, and he's coming from freaking England for

452
00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:56.839
AW shows. So I also on
this match, I saw that the goal

453
00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:02.599
for aw and Mercedes Monette was to
get about corp over and she's extremely talented,

454
00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:04.359
but and they felt like they achieved
that. I did not feel like

455
00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:07.559
they achieved that. As a viewer
at home, I'm not accustomed to her

456
00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:11.839
matches in her style of wrestling.
I watched the match, I did not

457
00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:15.039
think, Okay, this is like
me to Shirakawa in the match with time

458
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:18.440
with Stony Storm, I was like, Mina is really good. I want

459
00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:21.319
to see more of her matches.
I did not feel that with Stephanie vakor

460
00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:25.039
So. I disagree with the report
out there that's saying that they felt like

461
00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:29.519
they accomplished what they wanted by getting
her over as a star onto Dynamite.

462
00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.519
They leaned into the heill turn brit
Baker in the ring, Mercedes Monet shows

463
00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:37.440
up. She is created by the
EVPs the Young Bucks, who say that

464
00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:44.000
they've a celebration waiting for her in
the ring while doctor britt Baker's in there.

465
00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:47.759
One thing leads to another. Get
down to the ring and britt Baker

466
00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:52.799
challeng challenges her to all in.
Monette is leaning into the heel character again,

467
00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:56.279
right thing to do. The problem
that I have with that segment is

468
00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:02.599
britt Baker says all in, and
there was also it just felt very awkward

469
00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:06.119
between the two. It didn't flow
well. I don't know if somebody missed

470
00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:08.759
a line or something that was supposed
to be said. There was a part

471
00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:12.160
where it just felt very awkward,
which is right around this all in part.

472
00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.640
So she says all in, Mercedes
Bone says, you know, get

473
00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:19.119
in the back of the line,
and then I think prit Baker said like,

474
00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:22.960
there's nobody there, and then she
holds the title and I'm like,

475
00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.720
so does that mean they're having a
mat? I think they get to all

476
00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:30.559
in, but was it official?
Did Mercedes Monett give the thumbs up to

477
00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:34.559
say yeah, I'm I'll wrestle you
at all in? It was a very

478
00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:41.039
odd segment. I felt, yeah, I'm watching and you and IBUB like

479
00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:45.240
britt Baker's when it comes to promos
is probably one of the best in women's

480
00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:52.160
in the women's division in both companies, and it just felt off. It

481
00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.920
felt like they were both I don''t
to say nervous, but very guarded.

482
00:31:56.079 --> 00:32:00.759
It's almost like they didn't trust what
the other was going to say. Like

483
00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.799
they were both waiting for the other
person to one up them, almost like

484
00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:09.440
just being very protective of their spots
while they're cutting these promos. And it's

485
00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:15.440
also just lack of communication and lack
of ever being around each other, because

486
00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:20.559
you know, while Rip Baker's dominate
AW Mercedes and ww A, Mercedes comes

487
00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.160
AW and BRIT's on the shelf.
So it could just be that lack of

488
00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:28.400
communicative timing, which some people have
and some people don't. But it was

489
00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:32.160
just kind of weird and clunky.
But they are right to lean into Mercedes

490
00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:37.960
when a being a heel makes more
sense. That's kind of her natural character

491
00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:40.200
is supposed to be hear the CEO. How many people go, you know

492
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:44.240
who I love? I love the
CEO of my company. Nobody ever says

493
00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:47.799
so if you're the CEO, obviously
you're going to be kind of obnoxious,

494
00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:52.839
So it makes sense to go that
way. And Britt Baker being I do

495
00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:55.359
love I did like the line of
the only three letters that that matter are

496
00:32:55.480 --> 00:33:00.680
DMD. I did like that line. But yeah, just for two of

497
00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:06.680
the perceived best women wrestlers in the
world to have kind of clunky promo and

498
00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.799
a couple of clunky interactions is a
little scary. The other thing I dislike

499
00:33:09.839 --> 00:33:15.160
about all this is is the TVs
title more important than the women's title.

500
00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:20.160
Because these are the two biggest stars
in your women's division and they're fighting over

501
00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:24.240
technically the intercontinental title. It's just
weird. Once again, the hierarchy of

502
00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:30.359
titles and placements is just kind of
often times like, I know this is

503
00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.359
a big match for all In,
but to me, to get the women's

504
00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:38.039
title over onto the level of what
you have in WWE, this future be

505
00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:43.279
for the women's title as opposed to
the TBS title. Yeah, I don't

506
00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:45.359
know if they're trying to elevate that
championship if they don't want them in the

507
00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:50.039
women's title reign so far, because
Titlestony Storm's doing a very good job with

508
00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.920
their character. There's a lot of
weird creative in that standpoint. And one

509
00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.359
thing that I'll also add to this
is it wasn't too long ago that they

510
00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:01.680
brought back the ranking system and now
it's completely washed away. Unless Britt Baker

511
00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:07.359
starts doing gets victories and all of
a sudden is the number one contender and

512
00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.800
they go on the ranking system,
it's like, well then why did you

513
00:34:08.840 --> 00:34:13.760
bring the raking system back when Joe
was world champion? So yeah, it

514
00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:17.760
was very weird. I kind of
got like CM punk type vibes, Like

515
00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:22.559
I feel like that there is a
guard in aw that doesn't like when the

516
00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:25.920
outsiders come in and try to,
you know, get some glory off of

517
00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:29.800
what they built. And I don't
know if that's the case here, but

518
00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:32.639
it did feel like it was a
very odd promo towards the tail end of

519
00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:37.440
it, it just was executed very
very poorly between by both women. So

520
00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:40.480
if this is a dream match Britt
Baker versus Mercedes Monet, and we'll see

521
00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.320
how this continues forward coming out of
Forbidden Door. In this past Wednesday's edition

522
00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:50.599
to Dynamite, next match here is
Tutsi and Nido defeating John Moxley to win

523
00:34:50.639 --> 00:34:53.840
the IWGP World of aweight Championship by
Anito, Dowt Tre and Moxley. I

524
00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:58.480
love both these guys as wrestlers,
but I did not love this match,

525
00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.880
especially the end, as I felt
like the there may have been some miscommunications

526
00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:06.159
on kickouts and spots in this one. I love Red Shoes the referee,

527
00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.920
but felt like he got too involved
in a match between two greats at the

528
00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:13.159
end with a really slow third count
attempt on a pin and then taking the

529
00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:16.559
chair away from Moxley. Lastly,
I felt like Moxley and aw didn't really

530
00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:22.239
add much benefit to him holding the
IWGP World of weweight Championship as it wasn't

531
00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.519
featured much in aw outside of I
believe one title match against Powerhouse Hobbs and

532
00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:30.039
Jacksonville. I think everyone else everything
else was eliminator matches. Not sure if

533
00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:35.239
that was a New Japan Pro Wrestling
call or not or not, or due

534
00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:38.599
to the lack of the title defenses, it felt like this title reign for

535
00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:42.800
Max was just something he could add
to his Hall of Fame resume, rather

536
00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:46.960
than getting new eyes on the new
Japan Pro Wrestling product and understanding IWGP legacy

537
00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:52.360
itself. So that was my thoughts
on this one. Doctorres Nitol regains the

538
00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.920
IWGP World aweight Championship over John Moxley. Yeah, and for me, I

539
00:35:55.960 --> 00:36:00.639
don't know if it was just fatigue
for watching the entire show or what,

540
00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:05.000
but by this time I'm like,
yeah, the match itself for two of

541
00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:07.760
the better wrestlers in the world,
this match to me was just kind of

542
00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:12.320
like awkward and weird, and you
know, all respect to Reshues, but

543
00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:16.440
he's almost in that Earl Hebner thing
now where it's like he's almost too big

544
00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:21.599
of a name to be a referee, like the referee feels like he needs

545
00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:25.239
to get his shine in a match
almost at times. But yeah, it

546
00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:28.679
just it felt off. Now,
I did you know, and I did

547
00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:31.800
read up on this a little bit
that New Japan controls the booking for all

548
00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:37.159
of their titles, so this may
this is a New Japan call to put

549
00:36:37.159 --> 00:36:40.559
the belt on Nido and not an
AAW call. But it did feel like

550
00:36:40.719 --> 00:36:45.119
it was good for New Japan to
have their title on Boxley even though he's

551
00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:49.159
not wrestling on TV. And it
felt like it was good for AW because

552
00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:53.159
it showed Moxley still as a title
holder and still because he's not hasn't really

553
00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:59.400
been featured in any of the things
in AAW recently like Blackpool, Comba Absolute

554
00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:02.280
with if you do with the CML
group and then he's got the du Japan

555
00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:06.960
stuff. They really have been factored
into a thing since FTR got hurt,

556
00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:10.519
So maybe it's just a good placeholder
spot now it shows that hey, we

557
00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.400
can move him on to something else
more AWS. But yeah, the matches

558
00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:20.000
health the ending just I'm like watches
and going with Moxley fights all over the

559
00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:23.039
ring and uses everything around the ring
side, but he can't have the chair,

560
00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:27.239
Like that's where you're drawing the line
Like that's a little weird to me,

561
00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:30.599
But yeah, to me, this
was just like now we're at three

562
00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:32.360
to row matches where I'm just like, eh, like all my energy now

563
00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:37.119
sucked out of me. That's tough
one of You're on match number fourteen,

564
00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:40.360
So let's get to match number fifteen. As Swerve Strickland defeats will Ospry to

565
00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:44.480
retain the AW World Championship in the
main event match, we both at sperb

566
00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:47.360
of Strickland getting the victory. I
loved the reported reason for this finish,

567
00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:52.000
as fight Full Select is reported at
will Osprey wanted to eliminate the talking point

568
00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:54.360
of Swerve being a placehold over for
him until aw all in at Wembley,

569
00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:58.800
hence why the match took place Now
that was something that we thought was gonna

570
00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:01.599
happen. I also love that these
two guys got the opportunity to mainvent because

571
00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:06.199
if there were any doubters about their
abilities and main event level players. It

572
00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:09.559
was silence on Sunday night. If
you give these guys good creative to support

573
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.440
their pay per view matches, then
Swerve and Osprey can be guys that help

574
00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:17.880
rejuvenate the AW product. As for
the match itself, the guardwell Hurricanrona spot

575
00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:22.880
was insane. From Osprey to Swerve, stop on Osprey onto the announcers table

576
00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:24.960
was nuts, and then the final
part of this match was incredible. This

577
00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:28.840
is on my short list of Match
of the Year candidates as Ospray and Swerve

578
00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:31.400
for some of the best in the
visits today. Swerve Strickland retains the AW

579
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:36.480
World Championship over will Ospray not to
try. Yeah, the best thing I

580
00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:39.239
read about this was that there were
guys in AW who did not want to

581
00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:44.880
lose who Swerve because a year ago
he was a mid card, lower card

582
00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:47.719
guy and Osprey wanted to put that
to the rest of Ospray can lose to

583
00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:53.000
Swerve. Anybody can lose the Swerve. So I love that this match was

584
00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:57.719
fantastic, and I was it was
weird at this point. I don't know

585
00:38:57.760 --> 00:39:00.000
about you, Like I'm watching the
show and after the last three matches,

586
00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:02.360
I'm like, oh, please,
just let this match me decent. I

587
00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:07.159
was just hoping for decent to good
at this point because I was exhausted,

588
00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:10.400
and it was fantastic. This is
one of the things that made me a

589
00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:15.599
believer will Ospray as well, between
the promo work he's been doing, the

590
00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:21.480
promo working he did on Collision,
the intricacies of the storytelling when the screwdriver

591
00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:25.639
gets slid into him and he has
that internal confliction about using it and then

592
00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:30.159
decides not to use it, but
it takes how many house calls and then

593
00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:34.960
a jml's driver at the end of
finding blum away like this like legitimized will

594
00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:38.239
Ospray to me even more and once
again put Sworth on that upper tier level.

595
00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:43.239
So fantastic, fantastic way match and
a great way to close to the

596
00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:46.239
show because this is one of those
matches that elevates both guys and so good

597
00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:51.400
job to AW Booking to put this
together to keep both guys looking strong,

598
00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:55.880
not have some crazy run in interference
and legitimize both guys. So you go

599
00:39:55.920 --> 00:40:00.519
AW and New Japan Arresting Forbidden Door
recap and let's get our PAP per viewprediction

600
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:04.679
record. Here I went twelve to
one. Doctor Trey win eight and five

601
00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:07.480
coming out of this one, I'm
an eighty and seventeen Dutch Trace seventy one

602
00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:10.320
and twenty six match of the night. In event rating, my match to

603
00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:14.480
night very easy. Here serves Stricken
versus Will Osprey. It's is on the

604
00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:17.039
shortlist of match of the Year candidates
for me. As for event rating,

605
00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:22.480
I give it a three point six
out of five. I overall the show

606
00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:29.519
was fine. Fifteen matches on a
wrestling card in twenty twenty four for five

607
00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:34.079
and a half hours is too much. I'm sorry if that is controversial to

608
00:40:34.119 --> 00:40:36.760
some wrestling fans that are like,
they love this for five and a half

609
00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:39.679
hours and fifteen matches, it is
not my cup of tea. There are

610
00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:45.239
matches in here that are fantastics working
Will Osprey, Timstony Storm, Minasher at

611
00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:49.199
Kawa, I like the Elite and
Scissor Ace and there mjffin Hetchin Sero was

612
00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:52.559
good. Like there's good matches in
here. Then there's a lot of stuff

613
00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:55.639
that you can basically skip over and
gloss over that was just like why the

614
00:40:55.639 --> 00:40:59.159
hell did they do this? Or
a match that was disappointing, like Night

615
00:40:59.159 --> 00:41:04.719
don't and mocks. I really think
they need to change the pay per view

616
00:41:04.719 --> 00:41:08.039
model for aw and I don't think
they they will again. Five and a

617
00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:13.840
half hours fifteen matches way too much, So I give it a three point

618
00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:16.199
six out of five. Doctor Trey. Yeah, not everything has to be

619
00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:21.079
a wrestle kingdom, and I don't
mean to the old school wrestle kingdoms where

620
00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:23.280
it was six seven hours or WrestleMania. Not every pay per view. I

621
00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:25.519
mean, I get Forbidden Door.
You got a lot of people coming in

622
00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:30.800
from multiple companies. It's a big
deal, but the fatigue factor sets in

623
00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:36.199
and you can tell it done us
watching the show. But I mean imagine

624
00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:39.320
being an attendance for five and a
half hours of wrestling, not to mention

625
00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:42.960
you probably got there an hour early, and then try to get out of

626
00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:46.280
the building and drive home from Long
Island. Oh my gosh. I feel

627
00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:50.880
I feel for the fans, and
it's tense. I had the show.

628
00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.400
I also at a three point six, which it's just weird that you pick

629
00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:55.199
the same number as me, and
I also had auspring swear. But it's

630
00:41:55.320 --> 00:42:00.039
just yeah, I'm old man,
I can't do five and a half hours

631
00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:04.039
anymore. I can't do, Jeff, I can't even do like three hours

632
00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.519
at a concert, and that's live
music, NonStop. I mean five and

633
00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:10.920
a half hours, dear lord,
Like I would need to be hopped up

634
00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:15.000
on cocaine and red bolts and survived
that night in person. Like, it's

635
00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:22.000
just a crazy amount of just content
to digest, and especially if the card

636
00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:25.400
flow is not right, Like if
you move not Moxley and Nido to the

637
00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:30.360
beginning of that show and Nido get
to win to kick off the show,

638
00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:32.639
you and I both go, oh, this is going to be different because

639
00:42:32.679 --> 00:42:37.360
New Japan got a win to start
the show that's unexpected. And then you

640
00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:42.880
put MGF somewhere in the middle.
I think that flows a little bit better.

641
00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:45.880
But this is this is an example
of why match placement and how you

642
00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:51.320
book the show out is so important, because the show started off really strong

643
00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:55.039
and then really started kind of dipping
towards the end, and only kind of

644
00:42:55.039 --> 00:43:00.199
Osprey and Swar saved it at the
end to make this a good pay per

645
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:05.719
view at least. Yeah, I
had wrestler Any thirty vibes, which is

646
00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:09.679
what led to two night events for
WrestleMania, basically because it was I think

647
00:43:09.760 --> 00:43:15.039
a fifteen to eighteen match card off
the top of my head, and it

648
00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:16.639
was like, they need to do
something different here, and I think AW

649
00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:21.639
needs to do something different. But
I feel like also that AW is going

650
00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:24.199
to dig their heels in the sand
a little bit and not change anything.

651
00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:27.880
I think this is what they think
their business model is and it's not something

652
00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:30.760
that I want to see on the
regular. It should not be a chore

653
00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:36.599
to watch these shows. It really
should be give me quality, not quantity.

654
00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.280
So we've talked about this at nauseum
in the past, and it just

655
00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:44.960
was brought up again because for Benendor
was so fucking long and again thank god,

656
00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.480
Swerve of Stricklin, will Osprey put
on an absolute clinic And to that

657
00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:52.320
point, like I'm looking at my
AW shows that I've given match to the

658
00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:58.599
night AW Revolution, Ospray, Kenoske
Aw Dynasty, Osprey Danielson was mine,

659
00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:02.360
AW double or not Osprey, rogerck
Strong and then Forbid Indoor, Osprey,

660
00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:06.280
Swert of Strickland. So I think
I really like Will Ospray Doctor Trey.

661
00:44:07.559 --> 00:44:10.360
Well, you did tell me he
would be the biggest free agent signing whenever

662
00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:15.000
he decided and signed with one of
the two major companies. So yeah,

663
00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:17.320
your love affairly Will Osprey. Now, if you go back years and years

664
00:44:17.320 --> 00:44:22.440
ago, I always said if Osprey
put on size, he'd be a main

665
00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:27.760
event talent. Another one of those
put on size. Yeah, just it

666
00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.239
does matter. Size matters. I
don't know if everybody knows that, but

667
00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:35.039
it does matter in the world of
professional wrestling that if you look the part,

668
00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:38.199
you're believable, which is also why
Jeff Perry, Jeff pechis he could

669
00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:40.880
beat up Jack Perry. Yeah.
I hate to say it, I really

670
00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:45.360
do, because it's a very like
corny wrestling fan thing to say, but

671
00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:50.639
I'm having a really tough time taking
Jack Perry believable. I mean Ospray I

672
00:44:50.719 --> 00:44:53.519
watched him in twenty seventeen when he
was with Chaos working as a junior heavyweight,

673
00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:57.320
and he was a small guy.
He bulked up when he became the

674
00:44:57.360 --> 00:45:00.840
IWGP Worldlyweight Champion and looked phenomenal.
I mean, I'm just such a believer

675
00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:05.519
and say things for Stricklyn. I
remember watching Swerve in NXT and prior to

676
00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.360
that, on the Independence and various
different promotions, and he was a junior

677
00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:12.960
heavyweight. He was he was working
two A five live in we those guys

678
00:45:12.960 --> 00:45:15.880
put on size and I, without
batting an eye, I did not change.

679
00:45:16.000 --> 00:45:20.119
I changed my thoughts on them being
main event level players. So I

680
00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:24.360
love that Swerve and Osbury planted their
flag in the ground. Forbidden Door was

681
00:45:24.400 --> 00:45:28.519
extremely long. Again, but if
you have not watched Dynamite yet, go

682
00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:30.960
out of your way and check it
out. It was a very very strong

683
00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:34.400
episode of AW Dynamite. It is
what I wanted to see. I saw

684
00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:38.800
really good creative entertainment segments and good
entering work. So props all around AW

685
00:45:38.920 --> 00:45:43.360
here on the short term, switching
gears to w w WEE, we've got

686
00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:45.679
to preview and predict Money in the
Bank and NXC heat Wave in just a

687
00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.599
moment. But I want to talk
about another great angle and segment that I

688
00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:52.400
wanted to do bring up here on
the show, and that was the closed

689
00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:58.920
to Friday's SmackDown where Paul Hayman says
to Solo Socoa that you are not my

690
00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:02.920
travel chief. During the Bloodline acknowledgement
ceremony, they end up laying out Paul

691
00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:07.280
Hayman in something that we've never really
seen with his character, I mean,

692
00:46:07.360 --> 00:46:10.719
absolutely brutalized him during that segment and
to me, it will go down as

693
00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:15.480
a memorable moment in the history of
SmackDown, and especially for this angle.

694
00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:20.880
So two parts here, Doctor Trey
and I felt this way prior to and

695
00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:23.400
I can't even believe I'm saying this, but is this the best we've ever

696
00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:30.000
seen from Paul Hayman? And was
the Bloodline acknowledgement ceremony from SmackDown pure cinema

697
00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:36.880
for you as well? Yeah,
I mean for Paul Hayman. I'm literally

698
00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:40.119
like going through the analogs of my
timeline watching Paul Hayman, going back to

699
00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:46.760
roughly nineteen eighty six in Awa.
So I've been watching Paul Haman for almost

700
00:46:46.800 --> 00:46:54.840
forty years. This last run since
WrestleMania has been really fantastic. I don't

701
00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:59.039
know, I have to sit down
and kind of rank it, but it's

702
00:46:59.280 --> 00:47:00.440
right there. I mean, this
is some of the best work. I

703
00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:06.159
mean, the facials, the stammering
in his voice, the you know,

704
00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:08.559
all the little stuff he's been doing. And then to see that spot on

705
00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:15.039
SmackDown, and mind you, I'm
jealous as well because I've never been put

706
00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:17.519
through a table in my time as
the wrestling manager, and I've always wanted

707
00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:21.719
to do it and we just haven't
never got a chance to do it.

708
00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:27.360
So I was a little jealous as
well. But it's fantastic work. It's

709
00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:30.239
it is. It was kind of
like, you know, they make the

710
00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:35.559
comparison with Day even the videos of
this of the Bloodline being compared to The

711
00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:39.559
Godfather, and it did feel like
a hit from the Godfather when they took

712
00:47:39.639 --> 00:47:45.039
him out and put him to the
table. So and I think the last

713
00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:47.559
time I saw Paul Hayman get actually
beat up might have been by CM Punk

714
00:47:49.280 --> 00:47:54.920
during the CM Punk Ryeback Curtis Axel
time frame, So that was the last

715
00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:59.280
time I think I can remember seeing
Paul Hyman actually get beat up. So

716
00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:04.000
yeah, just really really good television. It's gonna be one. It's the

717
00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:07.119
him going up on the show is
to look on his face just knowing,

718
00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:10.000
like when he's getting hoisted up and
all that stuff, like just so so

719
00:48:10.239 --> 00:48:15.239
good. But yeah, one of
the best ends to SmackDown in a recent

720
00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:17.239
memory as well. And once again
this is just one of the differences the

721
00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:22.760
times between WW and AW is.
It's just the television aspect sometimes is more

722
00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:27.880
compelling, where now you're like,
crap have to see what's going to happen

723
00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:30.920
on the next show, what the
fallout is going to be from it,

724
00:48:30.400 --> 00:48:37.239
like whether it Paul or Triple Ah
said the recently w is a movie about

725
00:48:37.280 --> 00:48:40.159
sports, and this is one of
those pieces where you can go, yes,

726
00:48:40.239 --> 00:48:44.119
this is cinematic quality, like I
erst been there today say that Paul

727
00:48:44.280 --> 00:48:49.559
Hayman deserves an Emmy for his performance
since WrestleMania with all this work with the

728
00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:52.960
new bloodline. Uh And it'd be
hard to argue that if you put up

729
00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.760
his work against some of the stuff
you see on television shows, Paul Hayman

730
00:48:57.840 --> 00:49:00.440
could be considered for an Emmy.
It's been that good. This is going

731
00:49:00.519 --> 00:49:06.760
to be very hokey of a way
to do this because I can't play audio

732
00:49:06.800 --> 00:49:10.400
from my computer anymore during the podcast. But the pop that Paul Hayman received

733
00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:15.519
when he told Solo Saka that he
is not his tribal chief was absolutely epic

734
00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:19.239
and it was a great Madison Square
Guarner card. So I'm going to bring

735
00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:23.119
it up here on the Instagram and
stand by here because this is going to

736
00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:27.679
be very very bad and not the
way that I like to do this.

737
00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:45.880
So let's see. I think this
is it good? I mean Doctor Trey,

738
00:49:46.119 --> 00:49:52.440
that reaction is epic. Yeah,
I mean I got chills. It

739
00:49:52.519 --> 00:49:59.159
was a little bit of the way
he the way he spaced it, the

740
00:49:59.199 --> 00:50:02.559
timing delivery of it. It was. It was very cinematic. It was

741
00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:07.840
also very mope Mari Povich if you
are not the Father, like it was

742
00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:10.440
a little bit of both for me
watching it, where he's like, you

743
00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:16.400
are not my tribal chief. Only
need It was like Jacob Atoo dancing or

744
00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:20.880
something. Oh yeah, like I'm
a hunter, Like I could just picture

745
00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:22.039
like you know, Tom and Tong
gonna say, look, Paul Hayman was

746
00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:27.599
gonna say he's one hundred and fifteen
percent sure that he's going to you know,

747
00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:30.280
and then you know the dancing in
the background. But yeah, just

748
00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:34.880
so good. And I mean that's
every time somebody turns against the bloodline,

749
00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:37.760
you get one of these crazy pops, whether it was Sammy Saying or Jay

750
00:50:37.960 --> 00:50:43.639
Uso and now Paul Hayman. I
mean, people give a shit, They

751
00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:47.360
give a shit. Yeah, And
just the fact that Paul Hayman, who

752
00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:57.280
is admired universally and reviled at times
universally, got that kind of pop I

753
00:50:57.280 --> 00:51:00.480
mean, how good does that feel
for him to get a baby face pop

754
00:51:00.760 --> 00:51:07.360
like that in the same building he
started taking pictures of wrestlers. That's for

755
00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:12.480
him. That has to be that
full. He could retire tomorrow, he

756
00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:15.960
could die a happy man, a
happy man from it. But dear God,

757
00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:19.360
don't leave us yet, Paul,
because you still got more good to

758
00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:22.280
put out there for the rest of
us. So the second part in this

759
00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:25.920
is I felt like that Roman was
going to be away for a while.

760
00:51:27.239 --> 00:51:30.840
I was thinking maybe they'd do something
at Survivor series war games which would make

761
00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:36.119
sense where it was like Solo's bloodline
versus Roman's bloodline, or maybe even hold

762
00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:39.559
them out to twenty twenty five.
When this angle happened, all I can

763
00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:44.760
think of was like, they need
Roman at SummerSlam, Like there is no

764
00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:50.119
way right now that Roman can't be
at SummerSlam, because the crowd wants it,

765
00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:52.280
and they could actually start if that's
the direction they want to go,

766
00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:59.280
They can start to build with Roman. Reigns returns in an epic fashion at

767
00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:04.800
SummerSlam. Are in like the presumed
assumed Solisakoa Cody Rhodes match with the title

768
00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:07.920
at SummerSlam, they close out the
show that way, and then Roman starts

769
00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:14.480
to rebuild his version of the bloodline
where maybe Jimmy sides with him again.

770
00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:17.840
I think that's immediate. Obviously Paul
returns, and then maybe he wins over

771
00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:22.440
jay Uso and gets Sammy z Ain
back, so that you have a match

772
00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:27.039
at War Games like four on four
or five on five. However they want

773
00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:31.239
to do it where it's like Roman's
bloodline versus Solo's bloodline. I think to

774
00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:36.159
me this confirmed that Roman is coming
back sooner rather than later than I had

775
00:52:36.159 --> 00:52:42.400
thought as a fan. Yeah,
because Paul's been so good in his role

776
00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:47.119
that to make this move now was
like my kind of clue that, Okay,

777
00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:54.599
Roman's coming back, because otherwise there's
no need for this to happen now.

778
00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:58.199
I mean, we still haven't got
some money in the bank, we

779
00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:00.480
still haven't got the Summer Slam.
You know, we still got those spots.

780
00:53:02.000 --> 00:53:06.199
That also confirms to me that Roman
is going to you that the Rock

781
00:53:06.280 --> 00:53:12.000
will eventually side with Solo because he's
going to need a mouthpiece to help against

782
00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:15.800
Paul when these two sides go to
battle, and Rock doesn't have to be

783
00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:21.880
in the War Games match, but
he could be the hype man for whatever

784
00:53:21.920 --> 00:53:25.199
this goes down. But yeah,
like that's also like when you look on

785
00:53:25.199 --> 00:53:30.119
paper and you're like, well,
Jimmy's not doing anything. Jay is probably

786
00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:32.400
going to get tied up in the
Wyatt six a little bit or something.

787
00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:36.840
Is kind of my feeling on it. And then if Sammy loses the Intercontinental

788
00:53:36.920 --> 00:53:44.239
title to bron Breaker, then you
could reunite the quote unquote og bloodline against

789
00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:45.679
Solo's blood line and it makes a
lot of sense, and you can align

790
00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:51.960
those parts to where it makes sense
storyline wise to pull it all together as

791
00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:54.920
well. Yeah, it's it's sentiment
right now. So I just felt like,

792
00:53:54.960 --> 00:53:58.880
Okay, Roman is coming back to
gender rather than later, and that

793
00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:01.480
reaction is going to be here huge. I saw somebody had tweeted out it

794
00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:06.400
was a pretty funny line where it
was like Vince, it took Vince forever

795
00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:08.960
to get romanover's a babyface, and
Triple H did it in just a couple

796
00:54:09.079 --> 00:54:14.079
months. Because I mean, the
crowd wants them. I mean they are

797
00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:20.559
epically wanting the guy who was the
biggest heel in the company to return and

798
00:54:20.800 --> 00:54:23.840
lay claim to his table as the
head of the table, and the Tribal

799
00:54:23.920 --> 00:54:30.199
Chief, Absolute Cinema, really really
enjoyable stuff and looking forward to this continuing

800
00:54:30.239 --> 00:54:31.280
going on. And I'm very happy
for sols Coo. I mean, he

801
00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:36.000
is really coming to his own and
is really breaking out here in twenty twenty

802
00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:39.639
four. Let's get to the matches
and cards that are taking place this weekend.

803
00:54:40.079 --> 00:54:43.840
WAE Money in the Bank Preving Predictions
that comes to us this Saturday from

804
00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:46.360
the Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto,
Ontario, Canada. The first match here

805
00:54:46.360 --> 00:54:50.559
is the Men's Money the Bank Ladder
Match for Men's Championship Match contract. You

806
00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:53.159
have ja Uso Carmelo, Hayes Andrade, Chad Gable, La Night and Drew

807
00:54:53.280 --> 00:54:57.800
McIntyre Doctor Trey. Who do you
like in this one? Man? This

808
00:54:57.880 --> 00:54:59.880
one's hard. This is one of
the first money that banks in the was

809
00:55:00.000 --> 00:55:02.519
You're really hard for a pick.
To me, I've got your Chad Gail

810
00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:07.960
or Drew McIntyre or by two like
to my two options, i think I'm

811
00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:12.239
going to take Drew getting to win, even though party really wants to pick

812
00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:14.960
Gable, but I think I'm gonna
pick Drew getting to win in this one.

813
00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:19.039
I'm gonna take Drew McIntyre as well. There's a lot of reports early

814
00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:22.320
on that Jay Usso was the favorite
in this one. I think maybe things

815
00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:25.840
have changed. And I thought Drew
McIntyre's promo on Monday's Raw, where he

816
00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:29.920
was going to cash in at Money
in the Bank is something that I think

817
00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:34.039
takes place. I think Drew McIntyre
cashes in, he wins the briefcase and

818
00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:37.840
cash is in. I'll get to
that later on in the podcast here in

819
00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:42.239
the preview, and then that sets
up Drew McIntyre for Gunther versus Guntherer at

820
00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:47.039
SummerSlam, and I think that would
be the direction that they would take.

821
00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:50.719
And because Punk's gonna be away for
a while, and I think maybe that

822
00:55:50.719 --> 00:55:54.079
would leads to Punk taking out Drew
McIntyre and we get that match eventually here

823
00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:58.920
in maybe the late August or early
September. So both was taking Drew McIntyre

824
00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.239
to win this one. Next match
is Eo Sky versus Chelsea Green, Libra

825
00:56:01.320 --> 00:56:05.559
Valcarie, Tiffany Stratton, Naomi and
Zoey Stark and the Women's Money Bank Ladder

826
00:56:05.559 --> 00:56:09.320
match for a Women's Championship match contract. I'm gonna take Tiffany Stratton this one.

827
00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:14.039
I want to pick Chelsea Green,
but I'm gonna go with Tiffany because

828
00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:17.480
I think Nia Jax and her are
gonna have a partnership. Naya Jacks is

829
00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:21.440
gonna get a title match at Summerslamp. I think Nia wins that one,

830
00:56:21.480 --> 00:56:24.199
which then eventually leads to Tiffany Stratton
turned in on NYA. So I'm gonna

831
00:56:24.199 --> 00:56:28.679
take Tiffany Stratton, win them one
of the bank briefcase doctor try all right,

832
00:56:28.679 --> 00:56:31.840
you won me over. I was
gonna pick Chelsea because Chelsea's my favorite

833
00:56:31.840 --> 00:56:37.679
person to watch in this match,
but having Tiffany and Naya on the same

834
00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:40.320
side, and especially if NYO wins
in SummerSlam, where now they're kind of

835
00:56:40.320 --> 00:56:44.400
an alliance, but one has the
briefcase and one has the belt, so

836
00:56:44.440 --> 00:56:47.800
you never trust they can't trust each
other completely makes a ton of sense and

837
00:56:49.960 --> 00:56:52.119
probably more compelling TV than any think
we've got out of Bailey since winning a

838
00:56:52.159 --> 00:56:55.840
WrestleMania. So I'm gonna take Tiffany
Stratton as well, so you kind of

839
00:56:55.960 --> 00:57:00.039
maybe flip my pick there, and
and I'm okay with that one. The

840
00:57:00.119 --> 00:57:02.440
next match is Sammy Zain defend the
Inter CONTINENTLD Champions against bron Breaker. Who

841
00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:06.119
do you like this one not to
try? I kind of alluded if we're

842
00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:08.039
gonna go back to og Bloodline.
You don't really want the Inner Connell title

843
00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:10.519
around. So I'm gonna take broun
Breaker getting the win. Plus, it

844
00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:14.840
just feels like they're just gonna rocket
ship this guy as far at the ladder

845
00:57:14.880 --> 00:57:17.960
they can go. I got bron
Breaker winning the Inner Connell title. I'm

846
00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:22.360
gonna take Sammy's ain because I feel
like Sammy's ain is wes Lee to me.

847
00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:24.480
Now, when Wesley held a North
American championship, I always thought Wesley

848
00:57:24.519 --> 00:57:28.199
was gonna lose. And I love
Sammy. Sammy's one of my favorites.

849
00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:31.679
But I think Sammy overcomes these odds
again and I think he defeats bron Breaker,

850
00:57:31.719 --> 00:57:35.440
which will be interesting. I think
they need to put a loss on

851
00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:37.400
bron Breaker's ledger since being up on
the main roster, and this is the

852
00:57:37.400 --> 00:57:40.119
way that you do it. So
I'm gonna take Sammy z Ain to retain

853
00:57:40.119 --> 00:57:44.880
the inter Continental Championship. The next
match is Cody Roads, Randy Orton,

854
00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:47.039
Kevin Owens taking on the Bloodline in
a six man tag team match. I'm

855
00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:52.280
gonna take the Bloodline in this one
because I believe Solo Soko versus Cody Roads

856
00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:55.719
takes place at SummerSlam, and you
need the bloodline to get some strong momentum

857
00:57:55.719 --> 00:57:59.159
hanging into that one. So I'm
taking the bloodline to get the victory.

858
00:57:59.639 --> 00:58:01.559
Yeah, I'm taking the blood line
as well. Plus, there's four members

859
00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:05.840
of the blood line and only three
members of Cody, Randy and Kevin.

860
00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:08.239
Unless Little Jimmy shows up on their
side, we can't see him. Uh,

861
00:58:08.440 --> 00:58:15.119
So I'm taking the bloodline as well, just because I figure tongala will

862
00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:20.039
be the deciding factor in that match. Interesting Tongaloa becoming the former Camacho,

863
00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:24.800
isn't it. Isn't it Tomatonga Solo
and Jacob fut two in the match.

864
00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:30.480
I definitely think Jacob fuck two is
in the match. Yeah, I think

865
00:58:30.480 --> 00:58:34.679
that's probably the way that the ego
because Tangaloa does have a knee issue,

866
00:58:34.760 --> 00:58:37.800
that's why he's but he's also working
more trios matches and tag team matches because

867
00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:40.440
of that. So yeah, I
think that's a three. I think that's

868
00:58:40.440 --> 00:58:43.760
a three. I think you got
it right there. He's the one not

869
00:58:43.880 --> 00:58:45.960
involved, so he could be the
factor in the match. To decide who

870
00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:51.320
wins because he's not involved, so
he's the he's the the leverage they have

871
00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:54.000
in this match. I'm gonna take
a step further there. Somebody doesn't get

872
00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:59.159
involved, but I think it's Hickeoalo
finally debuting. I think Kickelo is w

873
00:58:59.159 --> 00:59:01.840
W bound and gonna be bloodline bound. See, but then that makes me

874
00:59:01.880 --> 00:59:07.079
wonder, like I still think that
Hicelo may sign with with with Roman because

875
00:59:07.639 --> 00:59:12.280
the rock would mean the person for
the new blood line. That would be

876
00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:15.480
interesting be the fifth person for Roman's
blood line. That's an interesting point.

877
00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:19.440
I like that point, Doctor Trey. That would be cool if if Roman

878
00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:22.119
brought someone to even up the odds. All right, so good stuff there.

879
00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:23.800
Botho's taking the blood line to win
this one, and that takes us

880
00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:29.519
to the uh last chance match for
the World Have Away Championship. If Damian

881
00:59:29.559 --> 00:59:32.079
Priest wins, Ronalds will never challenge
for the title as long as Priest's champion.

882
00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:37.519
If Rollins wins, Priests must leave
the judgment day, Doctor Trey,

883
00:59:37.519 --> 00:59:39.480
who do you like this one?
Damien Priest defends against Seth freaking Rollins.

884
00:59:40.079 --> 00:59:45.440
I'm taking Damien Priest to get the
win because this time's out. Like,

885
00:59:45.480 --> 00:59:49.679
if Damian Priest wins and then Drew
cashes in on him, then Seth can

886
00:59:49.760 --> 00:59:52.800
challenge for the title right away.
Priest stays in the Judgment Day and you

887
00:59:52.840 --> 00:59:58.159
still got all the tension building in
it. So I almost take Priest retaining

888
00:59:59.119 --> 01:00:01.679
this one and then Drew mcintarre cashing
in on at the end of the show.

889
01:00:02.239 --> 01:00:05.599
I'm taking the same exact thing that
you said. I feel like I'm

890
01:00:06.039 --> 01:00:08.519
ordering it a diner and somebody just
has the same exact meal that I have.

891
01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:14.280
I am taking Damien Priest to retain. I have Drew McIntyre cashing in

892
01:00:14.320 --> 01:00:17.400
and winning afterwards. I do think
that there is some hokey stuff going on

893
01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:21.400
with the Judgment Day, whether it
be Finn Balor or Live Morgan that gets

894
01:00:21.440 --> 01:00:27.119
involved in this match, But Damian
Priest does not walk out of money the

895
01:00:27.159 --> 01:00:30.840
bank as World of aweight champion,
but is still in Judgment Day, which

896
01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:35.039
I think leads to a build where
Damian priests and maybe has taken on Finn

897
01:00:35.119 --> 01:00:39.320
Balor at SummerSlam. So I have
Damian Priest winning this one, as does

898
01:00:39.360 --> 01:00:44.199
Doctor Trey, and we both have
Drew McIntyre leaving Money the Bank as the

899
01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:47.079
World of aweight champion, and that
takes us to Sunday Night, n XY

900
01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:51.679
heat Wave Previeum Predictions again from the
Scotio Bank Arena in Toronto, Ontario,

901
01:00:51.760 --> 01:00:54.360
Canada. We have a pre show
match here as Carmen Petrovic and Arionic Grace

902
01:00:54.400 --> 01:00:58.559
take on JC Jane and Jasmine Nicks. I'm going to take j C.

903
01:00:58.679 --> 01:01:01.280
Jane and Jasmin Nixon this one,
Doctor Trey, I'm taking. I'm taking

904
01:01:01.360 --> 01:01:05.000
j C. Jane and Jasmine Nicks
as well, because we've had a lot

905
01:01:05.000 --> 01:01:09.000
of Jay's on this show, so
we'll take J J and Uh. We're

906
01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:13.000
taking all the James I'm taking.
I'm picking Jay's in this one. Next

907
01:01:13.000 --> 01:01:15.880
matches for the NX Tag Team Championship
is Nathan Fraser and Axiom defend against Chase

908
01:01:16.000 --> 01:01:19.800
University, Andre Chase and Duke Cutson. Who do you like this one,

909
01:01:19.840 --> 01:01:23.159
Doctor Trey. I'm taking Nathan Fraser
and Axiom because I think Ridge Holland gets

910
01:01:23.159 --> 01:01:27.440
involved, tries to help Chase you
and then cost them the match. So

911
01:01:27.480 --> 01:01:30.679
I'm gonna take Nathan Fraser Acxiom.
I'm gonna take Chase University, becoming the

912
01:01:30.679 --> 01:01:35.119
new NX Tag Team Champions, and
I think Ridge Holland does get involved he's

913
01:01:35.159 --> 01:01:37.559
not supposed to be there, helps
them win. And then it also leads

914
01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:42.639
to the stuff the tension between Nathan
Fraser and oxyam Axiom as there as Nathan

915
01:01:42.679 --> 01:01:45.480
Fraser is kind of focusing more on
his singles career rather than their tag team.

916
01:01:46.079 --> 01:01:50.719
Next match is Colonie Jordan defending the
NXC Women's North American Championship against Soul

917
01:01:50.760 --> 01:01:53.960
Ruka. I'm gonna take Colonie Jordan
to retain Doctor Trey. Yeah, if

918
01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:59.920
this match was maybe three or four
months out and Colonie Jordan had a little

919
01:01:59.920 --> 01:02:01.719
bit more time with the with the
belt, maybe I picked stal Urca because

920
01:02:01.760 --> 01:02:05.519
he was one of my people I
was really impressed with in that ladder match.

921
01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:08.639
But I'm taking Kilonie Jordan as well. Next match is once again another

922
01:02:08.760 --> 01:02:13.679
last chance match for the NAX North
American Championship. If Oba wins Lee can

923
01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:16.159
ever challenge for the title for as
long as Femmy as the champion. Opa

924
01:02:16.199 --> 01:02:20.239
Femi defends against wes Lee Doctor Trey. Who do you like in this one?

925
01:02:20.679 --> 01:02:22.280
Man? This one's tough for me
because it's it's like we were talking

926
01:02:22.280 --> 01:02:27.119
about with all ago, It's hard
to pick against west Lee because every time

927
01:02:27.159 --> 01:02:30.159
you think he's going to lose is
when he actually wins. I'm gonna take

928
01:02:30.199 --> 01:02:35.119
Obafemi though, winning this one,
just because I think wes Lee they can

929
01:02:35.199 --> 01:02:37.639
move him on to something else,
or move him to the main roster,

930
01:02:37.199 --> 01:02:39.960
or have him be going the crossover
guys going to TNA. So I'm gonna

931
01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:45.320
take Oba Femi retaining. I'm gonna
take Oba Femi retaining as well. And

932
01:02:45.599 --> 01:02:50.119
I think they could actually put wes
Lee in the world title picture rather than

933
01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:53.119
the North American Championship title picture,
which is something that I always laugh about,

934
01:02:53.199 --> 01:02:57.360
like it's like a secondary title I
can ever challenge for again. But

935
01:02:57.400 --> 01:03:00.480
I'm gonna go out chase the biggest
title in the game. So ob retains,

936
01:03:00.800 --> 01:03:06.119
and I could see Wesley going after
the NXT Championship following heat Wave.

937
01:03:06.800 --> 01:03:10.239
Next match is Roxane Perez defending the
NXC Women's Championship against the Lolavice. I'm

938
01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:14.119
gonna take Lolavice to this one.
I think it's her time. She has

939
01:03:14.159 --> 01:03:16.280
had a really really good build over
the last couple of weeks, and I

940
01:03:16.360 --> 01:03:20.639
believe in her to be a top
level player in the women's division. So

941
01:03:20.639 --> 01:03:23.440
I'm taking Lolavice to become the new
NXC Women's champion. See, I thought

942
01:03:23.440 --> 01:03:27.320
I get you on this one because
I'm taking Lolovice as well. She's got

943
01:03:27.360 --> 01:03:30.320
to capitalize on the win over Shana
Basler and there's no I mean if she

944
01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:35.039
gets wins Overshana Basler in an underground
match and then over Roxdan Perez in a

945
01:03:35.079 --> 01:03:37.840
wrestling match, that really establishes her. So I'm taking Lolvice as well.

946
01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:42.719
And then finally the main event is
Trick Williams defends the NX Championship in a

947
01:03:42.719 --> 01:03:45.719
fatal four way match against Javon Evans, Ethan Page, and Sean Spears,

948
01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:50.639
Doctor Trey. Who do you like
in this one? I really want to

949
01:03:50.679 --> 01:03:53.639
pick Ethan Page, I really do. I'm just having a hard time doing

950
01:03:53.639 --> 01:03:59.000
it because Trick's still over with the
crowd. I don't think any other three

951
01:03:59.079 --> 01:04:03.119
people in this match are super over
with the crowd. I know Evans is.

952
01:04:03.199 --> 01:04:05.760
I think Evans is for sure.
Yeah, it's kind of like in

953
01:04:05.760 --> 01:04:12.760
that west Lee Bowl where he's the
undersized underdog. I'm gonna take Trick just

954
01:04:12.760 --> 01:04:15.840
because I think he's still the He
still looks like much as I like Evans.

955
01:04:15.840 --> 01:04:18.559
He doesn't look. It's the size
batter again, like he doesn't look

956
01:04:18.639 --> 01:04:24.039
he's not big enough yet or have
enough in his bank to bank on you.

957
01:04:24.239 --> 01:04:28.079
As far as credibility, I'm taking
trick to retain. I'm gonna take

958
01:04:28.119 --> 01:04:30.280
Trick Williams to retain as well.
But I also want to take this moment

959
01:04:30.320 --> 01:04:34.400
to say that Javion to evans climb
in NXC is historic to me. About

960
01:04:34.440 --> 01:04:39.719
four months ago he was working on
NXC level up and he has gotten himself

961
01:04:39.719 --> 01:04:42.920
into the main event picture and nobody
is bad at eye at it. Nobody's

962
01:04:42.960 --> 01:04:45.920
like what is this kid doing?
There a ton of amazing upside here.

963
01:04:46.000 --> 01:04:49.880
I mean, you want to talk
about prodigies like Roxanne Perez, Javian Evans

964
01:04:49.920 --> 01:04:53.960
is one of them. This is
a guy that can be a face of

965
01:04:54.000 --> 01:04:56.440
the brand for the next three years
moving forward. I agree with you,

966
01:04:56.760 --> 01:04:59.880
definitely needs to put on some size, but there's some well, Osprey,

967
01:05:00.000 --> 01:05:02.920
there's a connection this guy has with
the audience that is hard to find,

968
01:05:03.000 --> 01:05:06.719
and it's exciting to see for someone
who has been on XC television such a

969
01:05:06.719 --> 01:05:10.760
short period of time and again not
batting an eye for him to be in

970
01:05:10.760 --> 01:05:14.559
this main event level match, so
we both have Trick Williams retaining. We

971
01:05:14.599 --> 01:05:17.199
will recap in review we Money in
the Bank and NXC heat Wave on next

972
01:05:17.239 --> 01:05:23.239
week's edition the podcast. Once again, we will do our twenty twenty four

973
01:05:23.320 --> 01:05:28.280
SRT Awards candidates at the halfway point
of twenty twenty four on July eighteenth,

974
01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:30.360
Zon in two weeks time, and
we're gonna be focused on the plads and

975
01:05:30.400 --> 01:05:33.679
pay per views that are going on
professional wrestling for now and try to give

976
01:05:33.719 --> 01:05:38.679
that show of a bigger breather with
everything going on right now. So with

977
01:05:38.760 --> 01:05:41.960
that said, let's close up shop
on this week's sestion the podcast and get

978
01:05:41.960 --> 01:05:44.440
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979
01:05:44.480 --> 01:05:47.159
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981
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982
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983
01:05:57.920 --> 01:06:00.360
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984
01:06:00.440 --> 01:06:03.239
that being said, what's going on
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985
01:06:03.320 --> 01:06:08.480
week. Well, like Jeff said, you can follow me on x at

986
01:06:08.519 --> 01:06:12.079
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01:06:19.920 --> 01:06:24.719
be able to watch, might have
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990
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995
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buy a beer and he was on
the indies like a year ago. So

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those guys that you're seeing featured are
out there in your local areas now,

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so go catch them while they're still
the underground band like Metallica was back in

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the day before they sold out and
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